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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said Ukraine and Europe would be part of any “real negotiations” to end Moscow’s war, signaling that U.S. talks with Russia this week were a chance to see how serious Russian President Vladimir Putin is about peace. America’s top diplomat played …

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By Tom Balmforth, Pavel Polityuk and Erin Banco KYIV (Reuters) -Russian troops have sharply stepped up their attacks in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv’s military said on Sunday, as a NATO official predicted Moscow would increase the pace and intensity of its assaults with talks to end the war approaching. The main attacks were concentrated near the …

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JERUSALEM/WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of predecessor Joe Biden, the defence ministry said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Trump said he …

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By Maha El Dahan and Ahmed Rasheed DUBAI/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s central bank will ban five more local banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, a move that comes after meetings with U.S. Treasury officials in efforts to combat money laundering, dollar smuggling and other violations, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told …

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By Andrew Gray, John Irish and Lili Bayer MUNICH (Reuters) – They should not have been surprised. Yet European officials have been left shocked and flat-footed by the Trump administration’s moves on Ukraine, Russia and European defence in recent days. At a major security conference in Munich at the weekend, there was a sense of …

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By John Irish MUNICH (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will host European leaders, including Britain’s prime minister on Monday for an emergency summit on the Ukraine war after U.S. officials suggested Europe would have no role in any talks on ending the conflict. The French presidency said on Sunday Macron had called for the …

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